The Imo State Police Command says it has arrested 26 enforcers of the illegal sit-at-home order by some suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The police also arrested 53 other suspects involved in criminal activities ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, defilement, kidnapping, child trafficking, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching and vandalisation of electrical cables.
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At a press conference at the Command headquarters in Owerri, the state capital, the police spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, said investigations are ongoing following the arrest of the sit-at-home enforcers.
He also said the suspects were arrested after a shootout with the police at Irete community along Onitsha Road where they were illegally enforcing a sit-at-home order.
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